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‘Lavish Spending’: NY Times Reveals LGBT Nonprofit's Cape Cod Summer Home, More
One of the nation's most iconic gay and trans-rights organizations is under fire after The New York Times accused its leader of living a lavish, high-flying life on the dime of the group's donors. The Times published the story on Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis on Thursday, Aug. 1, after an investigation into her and the group's finances. One of the more notable items the nonprofit is accused of having paid for was a $25,000 annual allowance to rent a Cape Cod summer home in Provincetown. Ellis has made no secret of her love …
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Man Who Threatened Merriam-Webster HQ In Western Mass Over Definitions Gets Year In Prison
If you look up the word federal prison inmate in the dictionary, you'll find a photo of Jeremy David Hanson. Jeremy David Hanson, 34, of Rossmoor, California, was sentenced to a year in prison after he admitted to sending threats to Springfield-based Merriam-Webster because he was upset over the dictionary's inclusion of gender-inclusive definitions, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. From Oct. 2 through Oct. 8, 2021, Hanson repeatedly sent threatening messages through the Contact Us page promising to hurt employees and disparaging members of the LGBT community. …
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United Parish In Brookline Condemns Destruction Of Their Trans Pride Flag
A parish in Brookline is spreading messages of positivity after their Trans pride flag was vandalized on their doorstep last month. "The hate and violence shown on our lawn has no place in the kind of world that Jesus imagined and God created," United Parish said in a Facebook post. "We at the United Parish in Brookline believe that all people are made in the image of God and embrace and cherish every person and every kind of family." We are sad to report that on Thursday, August 25, someone burned and destroyed the Trans pride flag on our front lawn.... Posted by United Parish in Bro…
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White Supremacist Brawl In Boston Sparks Pushback At DA’s Office
Police arrested multiple people over the weekend after fights between members of a neo-Nazi group and counter-protesters broke out at a drag queen reading event in Boston. They will be arraigned Monday morning. Christopher Hood, the founder of NSC-131, a known neo-Nazi group, was arrested for fighting on Saturday outside of the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain after his faction protested a Drag Queen Story Hour. The group wore masks to hide their faces and screamed, "off our streets." They also held a sign calling the people who ran the event "Pedo Scum." Seth Rosenau, who was coun…
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Boston Combats Hate With Love At Vandalized LGBTQ Non-Profit's Housing Project
The Boston community showed up to spread messages of love after a local LGBTQ non-profit was vandalized with hateful and threatening messages about their upcoming housing project. LGBTQ Senior House Inc is a non-profit organization that provides affordable housing to low-income LGBTQ seniors, according to the organization's website. Senior House had recently broke ground on their latest development, called the Pryde, which will convert the former Rogers School in Hyde Park into 74 housing units. However, the organization found "virtually every sign" advertising the Pryde was vandalized…
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